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The English Farmhouse
by Briggs, Martin S
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd., 1953. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd., 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. Stated First Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean dark green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with 132 photographs and line drawings. 242 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has a few tiny edge nicks and short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. History is written here in tiles and beams, stones and thatch.a wonderful book for any lover of the English countryside and its heritage..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026464
- Title
- The English Farmhouse
- Author
- Briggs, Martin S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- B. T. Batsford, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- NEW HERITAGE SERIES, ENGLISH FARMHOUSES, RURAL LIFE, GREAT BRITAIN, BRITISH HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE, MARTIN S. BRIGGS, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Britain; Architecture; Country Living;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Fine
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- Edges
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- New
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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